Fishing First Aid Kit

[Felix77]

I carry around one of those general first aid kits from WalMart in my backpack.  It goes with me regardless if I am fishing the bank, my kayak or a tournament.  It has all the typical stuff you would imagine a first aid kit to have.  Is there anything else you have added to your kit which was specific to anglers like a hook removal kit of some sort?

[Dwight Hottle]

Kipex compound hook cutter. 

[Bankbeater]

1 hour ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Kipex compound hook cutter. 

Yep.  You never know when you'll have an accident.

[DogBone_384]

I'm a Firefighter/EMT. I keep a basic life support kit in my truck, which fits nicely in my kayaks' hatches.

You can buy them at almost any public safety store or website.

[mrmacwvu1]

I always keep extra superglue and duct tape around

from every thing to gashes to making splints hard to beat those two

[Choporoz]

 

few more ideas here

[Fishing Rhino]

59 minutes ago, mrmacwvu1 said:

I always keep extra superglue and duct tape around

from every thing to gashes to making splints hard to beat those two

Electrical tape can make a nice tourniquet or a pressure bandage.  A bit of gauze over the wound, then a couple or three wraps of electrical tape, stretch it as you go, will staunch about everything but a hemorrhage.

In that case, you can make the tourniquet.

[Hurricane]

This thread has made me realize that I need to carry one... thanks. .

[DogBone_384]

I like the super glue idea. It's not part of MA EMS protocol, but a bottle might just find its way into my tackle box.

[Neil McCauley]

Agree with the hook cutter but you still have to remove the hook. Ideally you should have a 25-27 ga needle and a syringe with some lidocaine (WITHOUT epinephrine) and a sterile scalpel. Most of the embedded hooks I've seen can't be "pushed through" and can't be pulled out. You have to very carefully cut a path around the barb and then pull them out, and the sooner the better so there is less swelling. Leave a very minor wound compared to leaving it in. Had to do this twice myself minus the anesthetic using a sharp pocket knife.

Otherwise sunscreen, lipbalm, bandaids. Important to have caffeine too for the drive home. 

[Firefish Alumacraft]

4 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

I'm a Firefighter/EMT. I keep a basic life support kit in my truck, which fits nicely in my kayaks' hatches.

You can buy them at almost any public safety store or website.

I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic as well. I carry a very basic kit for others, carrying a BLS kit with air adjunct and other treatments can result in malpractice here in Illinois even with the good Samaritan law. Sadly... so I don't risk it. 

For my fishing first aid. I carry the basic kit with a gauze rolls, 4x4 gauze pads and one trauma pad, and 500ml normal saline for cleaning cuts, eyes, and what ever.  Not going to say I do or do not carry IV equip and or other treatment for my own personal use.

A basic kit with the addition of NS and gauze works great.  

[DogBone_384]

1 hour ago, Firefish Tracker said:

I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic as well. I carry a very basic kit for others, carrying a BLS kit with air adjunct and other treatments can result in malpractice here in Illinois even with the good Samaritan law. Sadly... so I don't risk it. 

For my fishing first aid. I carry the basic kit with a gauze rolls, 4x4 gauze pads and one trauma pad, and 500ml normal saline for cleaning cuts, eyes, and what ever.  Not going to say I do or do not carry IV equip and or other treatment for my own personal use.

A basic kit with the addition of NS and gauze works great.  

In MA EMTs don't administer IVs or do much with airways beyond an OPA. We leave that to you Medics. ?

[Firefish Alumacraft]

1 hour ago, DogBone_384 said:

In MA EMTs don't administer IVs or do much with airways beyond an OPA. We leave that to you Medics. ?

Im only a medic because is mandatory with any full time position

[DogBone_384]

I give you Medics a world of credit. My city uses private ambulance company for transports & ALS work. One of their Medics told me what they get paid.  Far too little for Medic duties.

Sorry for hijacking this thread.  Stay safe.

[Catch 22]

Lots of good advice here

I always carry super glue

,tape =electrical and medical

6' paper towels in a zip baggie=== multi purpose for bandage an certain clean up jobs

In winter==2 lighters & some Sterno gel in small pill container. Towels and the gel will ease the job of starting emergency fire.

Cell phone =that's a givin

Small but strong LED flashlite

2 pair needle nose pliers

Coupla tie wraps

12" small SS wire

 

[soflabasser]

Lots of good suggestions here,I would add pliers to remove hooks.Have used them to remove hooks I got in my hands.

[Firefish Alumacraft]

Little story

I was on a family trip with the guys to Lake Shelbyville that we rent a house boat.  I was standing at the back deck dropping a line when I was called by my father to the front. Happens to be a two guys on their boat asking if we had pliers to cut a hook that he had in his hand. The hook was a 2 Ot and was hooked really good into this thumb, I at the time did not have any cutters on me but I did have a simple first aid kit. My dad told him that I was a paramedic/FF and my uncle was there and he's a ERCN RN and we could help. Well, I tried to remove it carefully but the pain was to much for the man. I told him the only way thats coming out it to cut his skin or finish pushing it through, I offered to give him some liquor to take the edge off while I pushed it out or have his buddy drive him to the ER.  He took the ER route...  I wonder what happened to him?????

 

[Fishing Rhino]

All you need to remove a hook from flesh is a stout piece of twine a couple of feet long.  It's quick, it's slick, and it doesn't hurt a lick.

 

I saw this technique in a Salt Water Sportsman magazine in the late 1960s.  In 1971, I had the occasion to try it when a fellow who was fishing with me buried a hook in the base of his thumb. 

I told him I'd read about it, but never tried it.  He told me to go ahead, and give it a shot.  You cannot be tentative about it so I gave it a quick hard jerk, and it popped right out.  Didn't take any meat with it.  Slick.  I've had one other occasion to use it and it too worked as advertised.

[bigbill]

When I was logging I carried a large first aid kit with the large gause pads and tape.  I carry bandaids in my wallet for fishing.

[papajoe222]

I keep a 20in. leader in my first aid kit for those times I need to use the above hook removal technique. I just clip it back to itself to form a loop and put my hand through it. I takes up a little more room than a loop of 80lb. braid, but it's easier to find when I'm in panic mode.